C road crash in Eastbourne BN22 on 29 January 2011 at 11:25 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Rover 400 Series were involved in a crash on a C road in Eastbourne at 11:25 on Saturday 29 January 2011. The 44-year-old male driver of the Rover 400 Series and a 9-year-old female passenger in the Rover 400 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Jan 2011
- Saturday, 11:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Rover 400 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7853, longitude 0.30788, in the BN22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eastbourne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Devonshire, Eastbourne, BN22 7RP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Eastbourne
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011471100634
- Council area
- Eastbourne
- Police force
- Sussex
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- East Sussex
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 April 2011.
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on a C road in Eastbourne, 27 April 2011
At the same spotRef 2011471102646
Slight
Fiat Stilo crash on an unclassified road in Eastbourne, 11 August 2006
At the same spotRef 2006470606636
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on an unclassified road in Eastbourne, 31 July 2010
At the same spotRef 2010471005021
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Eastbourne, 10 February 2007
At the same spotRef 2007470701318
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on an unclassified road in Eastbourne, 3 August 1994
At the same spotRef 199447SA40492
Serious
Skoda Octavia crash on an unclassified road in Eastbourne, 3 July 2009
At the same spotRef 2009470904770
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,589 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 400 Series)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 400 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2011471100634 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Eastbourne road accident statistics for 2011.